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/pərsˈɪstəns/ Listen

noun

Persistency, Persistence n.

The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.

The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed; as:

(a)

(Physics) The persistence of motion.

(b)

(Physiol.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.

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Etymology of 'Persistence'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... all these preliminaries, but inwardly resolving to gain each point by a nagging persistence of which she was a mistress, she finally declared that she "must have writings about one thing which couldn't be left to any man's changeful mind. He must agree to give me the monthly salary he names for ...

— He Fell in Love with His Wife • Edward P. Roe

... the scarlet covers of the passionate book of youth. Always there have been in the world earnest men and earnest women striving with a sacred wisdom to compass the highest forms of folly, seeking with a manifold persistence to sound the depths of that violet main in which the souls of the elect rock to and fro eternally. But although, even in the morning of the world, there were earnest seekers after lies, the pursuit of ignorance has never been carried on with ...

— The Green Carnation • Robert Smythe Hichens

... is only in the years when London government was in the melting-pot, or in times of special socialist activity, and in a few districts, such as Hampstead, where Fabians are numerous, and especially when one or more persons of persistence and energy are available, that the groups have had a more than nominal existence. The drawing-room meetings of the parent society attracted audiences until they outgrew drawing-rooms, because of the exceptional quality ...

— The History of the Fabian Society • Edward R. Pease

... young man with strange persistence, "I stand in need of correction. I left France two years ago, and during my absence so many things have changed, such as dress, morals, and accents, that even the language may have changed also. In the language of the day in France what do you call stopping ...

— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas

... nearly at the close of their journey, she teased Cecil by her persistence until the child answered with ...

— Floyd Grandon's Honor • Amanda Minnie Douglas

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